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Message: <blockquote data-quote="twoguns?" data-source="post: 2592658" data-attributes="member: 7012">Veteran drivers agree that todays cars drive much better than the older ones, but Smith admits that the drastic body roll that is common nowadays would spook someone who has not been competing on dirt regularly.If you get a driver that drove 10 years ago and put him in a car now, he wouldnt drive it, he says. Hes never experienced anything like that in his life. But you take a young guy thats never drove a race car, hes at home. He dont know any different. It takes anybody some time to get used to this thing.A long-legged shock that opens quickly and compresses more slowly is the key to the radical body roll. As the left side rises, changes in the suspension geometry actually cause the left-side wheelbase to contract, making the car turn. Driver preferences vary, but few successful drivers set up their cars to corner as flat as they used toand as pavement cars still do.They drive better than you think they will, Smith notes. They transfer the weight so much quicker like that. It sticks the wheels so much harder.Read more: <a href="http://www.stockcarracing.com/thehistoryof/92378_dirt_late_model_evolution/#ixzz3A3niIxUm" target="_blank">http://www.stockcarracing.com/thehistoryof/92378_dirt_late_model_evolution/#ixzz3A3niIxUm</a></blockquote>